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Senators – attached please find the 2016 report on corporate sponsored research exceptions for VCU; this report is delivered annually to the Faculty Senate. Please direct any questions to Vice President for Research and Innovation Frank Macrina and his team.

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The VCU Faculty Senate Clothing Store is OPEN and ready for your orders. The store will be open until May 15th, at which point it will close until the start of the Fall Semester.

Hints:

To order an item, go to the item page and click on the box corresponding to the desired size and type the quantity that you wish to order before clicking the “ADD TO CART” button.

Quantity discounts are store-wide, not item-based. In other words, to get the 4-6 item discount, you could purchase 1 polo shirt, 1 dress shirt, 1 fleece vest, and 1 jacket.

This summer, I’ll send out a survey about your shopping experience, the quality of items, and the types of items offered. I’ll also ask in the survey for suggestions for other items to add to the store for the Fall Semester (one suggestion already given repeatedly is a twill ball-cap).

Thanks for your patience and understanding, and if you have any questions/issues regarding the store, please let me know.

—Scott Street

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The VCU Office of Faculty Affairs invites you and your faculty colleagues to attend a workshop, Unconscious Bias in the Classroom. The workshop will be led by guest speaker Leslie Traub and will focus on how these unconscious or implicit biases manifest in educational settings, particularly with respect to the expectations of teachers and students.

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Faculty Senate invites all VCU faculty to participate in advocating for higher education on January 12, 2017, the first Thursday of the legislative session. This is an annual Faculty Senate event in collaboration with our colleagues of the Faculty Senate of Virginia and the Virginia Conference of the AAUP.

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From Faculty Senate President Holly Alford: “Dr. Rao is aware and grateful for the resolution which solidifies his statements on Diversity and Inclusion. I want to thank all Senators for helping to speed up this process and for your willingness to take part in crafting this resolution.” Please share with your faculty colleagues.

Virginia Commonwealth University Faculty Senate Resolution on Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Whereas VCU’s commitment to diversity and inclusion has been expressed in word and in action through the Quest for Distinction Strategic Plan, the Division for Inclusive Excellence and associated advisory groups (i.e. the Council for Inclusive Excellence and Equity, Inclusive Learning Council, Diversity Groups, President’s Action Group on Diversity & Inclusion), plus several other organizations and initiatives;

Whereas VCU encourages global education through programs such as VCU Globe: A Global Education Living-Learning Community and VCU Qatar; and

Whereas VCU seeks to recruit, train, and maintain diverse faculty through efforts such as iCubed (Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry and Innovation) and Building Inclusive Communities; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, that the VCU Faculty Senate:

applauds the message of President Rao to “reaffirm our commitment to inclusion, to ensuring that every person who comes to VCU is respected and emboldened to succeed. We reaffirm that we will always be a place of the highest integrity, accountability, and we will offer an unyielding commitment to serving those who need us;”

will undertake as needed and encourage appropriate actions to ensure the rights of all individuals, including but not limited to any group, regardless of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), political affiliation, veteran status, family medical and genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, or immigration status, to pursue their educational goals with human dignity and in safety;

promotes the core values of respect, civility, equality, open-mindedness, and the free spirit of inquiry, and denounces all acts that create a climate of fear and hatred, bigotry or misogyny. Such acts threaten VCU’s mission as a public research university to advance knowledge and student success; and

affirms our commitment to lead efforts and initiatives that strive for inclusive excellence.

Passed by unanimous vote of all those present at Faculty Senate November, 29, 2016